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Spelling:  None today due to a Math MiniQuiz.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 35-37 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Today was a reading day in Literature Circles. Some students practiced choosing passages and determining importance as a reading strategy.

Writing: We talked today about using details and examples to give the reader proof about what we write. By including enough examples and information, the reader will understand what is happening in the writing and believe the author.

Today was also drafting day. The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due Friday, October 16. Students should be nearing the completion of their draft and be ready to start revising for the rest of this week.

Math: We reviewed 3D figures and reviewed polygons, angles, lines and triangles.  Homework is to finish the review page if not done in class. We will have a test later this week over these ideas:

• Polygons
• Types of triangles
• Rays, lines, line segments
• 3D figures, including names and how to count vertices, edges and faces

Science: Most students were able to finish their Energy Fair presentations today.

Social Studies: None due to the Energy Fair.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 0
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week: 0

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• Would you like to volunteer for a class event? Download and print a volunteer information form (PDF).
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.
• Tentative plans are being made for our Halloween party, which will be a Hawaiian Beach Bash! It looks like our party will be Friday, October 30 from 9:30 am until around noon. We will need some help coordinating food and donations. Would anyone like to help coordinate that? Just contact me and I can give you further information.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.

Spelling:  Students made a Words to Learn list by correcting the words they missed on the last spelling test. This list is your student’s “spelling words” to study for the next test. Note that, even though students had 45 minutes to complete this task, some students didn’t finish and might need more time at recess next week to complete their list.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 32-34 are available and due Monday.

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. Some students practiced making connections as a reading strategy.

Writing: Today was a drafting day. The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due Friday, October 16. Students should be ready to finish up their draft early next week and start revising.

Math: None today due to the Energy Fair.

Science: Today was the  Energy Fair. Some students will be finishing up their Energy Fair presentation on Monday.

Social Studies: None on Fridays due to technology.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 2
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week: 11

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• Would you like to volunteer for a class event? Download and print a volunteer information form (PDF).
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.
• Tentative plans are being made for our Halloween party, which will be a Hawaiian Beach Bash! It looks like our party will be Friday, October 30 from 9:30 am until around noon. We will need some help coordinating food and donations. Would anyone like to help coordinate that? Just contact me and I can give you further information.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.

Spelling:  We discussed the answer to the question, “Though my idea may change, right now I’d like to grow up to become ________.” We noticed that all the jobs students wanted to have one day would require working hard to gain knowledge in school and college.

Cursive: Cursive worksheet pp. 32-34 are available and due Friday.

Reading: Students completed a computerized reading assessment today.

Writing: None today due to technology.

The next piece of writing, a personal narrative, will be due Friday, October 16. Students should be working on their draft by now.

Math: We did an experiment to analyze three-dimensional figures. Homework is to finish the 3-D Figures activity if not done in class.

Science: We reviewed forms of energy today.

The Energy Fair is tomorrow. See here for more information about the Energy Fair.

Social Studies: We read an article from the 1847 Michigan Tribune about an attempted capture of fugitive of slaves in Battle Creek. Students also wrote questions, connections, illustrations and passages about the events of the article.

Behavior Update:

• Yellow magnets: 3
• Orange magnets: 0
• Red magnets: 0
• STAR Awards: 0
• Magnets moved this week: 9

Check your student’s Personal and Social Growth grade at SnapGrades to see if your student moved their magnet. Need help with SnapGrades?

Notes:

• Would you like to volunteer for a class event? Download and print a volunteer information form (PDF).
• Check out our class calendar to stay up-to-date.
• View grades, assignments, and attendance at SnapGrades.

Our Mission:
Every student in Room 130 leaves improved and prepared for 5th grade.